Romney: I'm not going to lose Michigan

2/16/12 9:30 AM EST

Nate Reens: You’ve been at the top of the polls consistently. … Others come up and come down. What is slowing you from seizing that momentum? Three polls today show you losing Michigan.

Romney: Well that won’t happen. But as you understand with the polling process, you have seen just how mercurial the sentiments of voters are until they get to know the candidates better.

The Romney campaign has done little or nothing to control expectations for their performance in Michigan, as the former governor shows here. But then, there was never really going to be a good way to spin a loss or a squeaker in Romney's home state.